Stadium Still in Mix Under 2 Poplar Point Plans

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AT A GATHERING of city officials, developers and community members in Ward 8 last night, D.C. Council member Marion Barry reiterated his desire to see a soccer stadium built at Poplar Point, a sprawling space on the banks of the Anacostia River opposite the Nationals' new ballpark in Near Southeast. Under two proposals put forward by developers at the meeting, a stadium for D.C. United is in the mix, but only as an optional element, not the centerpiece of the site as had been originally planned before negotiations between the sports team and the city broke down earlier in the year.

As The Post's David Nakamura reports, the four proposals for the site presented to a packed house include everything from a museum complex to a movie multiplex to housing to an amphitheater to a new campus for the University of the District of Columbia. Writes Nakamura:

Each proposal features 4 million to 6 million square feet of development and includes the 70 acres of parkland required by the federal government, which is in the process of transferring control of Poplar Point to the District.

» "Visions of Vibrancy" [WaPo]

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